Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him. ¹ 

All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him. ¹ 

For you are bringing some surprising things ¹  to our ears, so we want to know what they ²  mean.”

but said farewell to ¹  them and added, ²  “I will come back ³  to you again if God wills.” ⁴  Then ⁵  he set sail from Ephesus,

They know, ¹  because they have known ²  me from time past, ³  if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party ⁴  of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. ⁵ 

So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

And I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law ¹  or by believing what you heard? ² 

I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, ¹  because I am perplexed about you.

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) ¹  but Satan thwarted us.

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently. ¹ 

So when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

But would you like evidence, ¹  you empty fellow, ²  that faith without works is useless? ³ 

You ought to say instead, ¹  “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”

I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with ¹  pen and ink. ²